Example sentences of "up [prep] [pron] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when we moved in here , because I 'd been away from him for five months and I 'd learned to cope for myself , I started standing up for myself and he did n't like it . |
| 2 | Well he was up against me and he knew it . |
| 3 | Spurs ’ defender Neil Ruddock never played with Gazza but has lined up against him and he said : ‘ I 've only played against him once and I could n't get near him . |
| 4 | Another car came up behind her and she heard it slow down . |
| 5 | A man came up behind her and she turned towards him . |
| 6 | ‘ There were these headlights coming up behind us and we tried to brake , but we hit a dog and I was thrown across the road and my arms and legs hurt and there was all blood everywhere , it was horrible . ’ |
| 7 | Within moments the wine , the heat and the excitement of the day caught up with her and she began to snore softly into his thick cable-knit cardigan . |
| 8 | Now all the strain caught up with her and she snapped . |
| 9 | Finn caught up with her and she stopped , turning round to gauge her following . |
| 10 | ‘ I chased after them , caught up with them and I managed to get hold of the three of them . |
| 11 | Doing about sixty , seventy , normal speed , in hurry to get somewhere and er I I just sat there and erm all of a sudden I I thought I was miles past this other car and I started going in , just to let him go past , obviously and he 's I I did n't realise this other car was keeping up with me and I 've gone towards it and I thought sh I 'd looked in my mirror shit it 's still there ! |
| 12 | so that I could actually enjoy it more this time because it 's in , so much of a blur when you get married the first time that you 're caught up with it and you do n't really see what happens , I would like to get married all over again . |
| 13 | Now your tricks have caught up with you and you have to live here until you can persuade us that you will be an honest rabbit . " |
| 14 | Nausea welled up in her and she put a hand to her throat . |
| 15 | I tried I saw him one day on , I crept up in my and I took it out of the window and all I 've got is the . |
| 16 | There was a young American photographer with me and I saw him get caught up in it and I pulled him aside and said ‘ Do n't even take it because that 's the picture that Newsweek is going to publish . |
| 17 | The excitement and food simply welled up inside him and he gave a short gasp and vomited all over the carpet . |
| 18 | ‘ All right ? ’ he asked as she came up beside him and she replied that she was , thank you . |
| 19 | And yet despite all this the pounds were creeping up on us and we seemed to be fighting a losing battle . |
| 20 | But er I did two or three hundred , four hundred , five hundred a day and I got fed up on it and I said to the gaffers one day , if you do n't change me from this job I 'm leaving , so they says oh we do n't want you to do that , best filer we 've had . |
| 21 | I go up to her and I go cos it makes her sick but I 'm not actually doing it I 'm just making the sound . |
| 22 | That 's what she said and she said minding me own business and this she said and this man come up to her and he said have you got |
| 23 | You 're in danger of every time you 're praising that person , they 're going to be sitting back waiting for the straight away , so you could n't , if you go up to somebody and they 've generally done a superb job and you ca n't fault him , and he knows he 's done a really good job , but he 's just sitting back waiting for you to way what , what you 've done wrong . |
| 24 | No she came up to me came up to me and she goes , Erm have you got a partner . |
| 25 | But I mean , I wa I was really pleased when Toya come up to me and she goes , James ca n't stop talking about you in Science . |
| 26 | Er , like this morning at break I walked , I walked straight past Peter right and er come up to me and he goes that 's not very nice is it ? |
| 27 | So I went to the ravey last night , right , I went down there with Bedlam yeah and I was doing a rave with Bedlam right and he came up to me and he goes so what are your musical tastes then ? |
| 28 | They did they did , Andy came up to me and he said oh what 's wrong , you know , and er |
| 29 | came up to me and he did , do you want a game of footy , I said oh |
| 30 | Cos Michael started it , he said we 're never said anything when we set off in the car , and then he said that he 'd had this fax from me and er Andrew said , well it was n't actually from , er , from me to the , it was fetched up to me and I sent it in the office . |